The
maverick
filmmaker
N
Chandra
is
a
lonely
man
today.
He
has
just
completed
a
script
about
an
intense
romantic
passion
between
a
boy
from
a
broken
home
and
a
girl
from
a
well-to-do
family.
He
has
named
the
film
Fire
and
Ice.
And
he"d
like
to
cast
Shahid
Kapoor
and
his
old
friend
Anil
Kapoor"s
daughter
Sonam
Kapoor
in
it.
Alas
the
doors
to
the
gen-next
stars
are
closed
to
N
Chandra.
“I
thought
the
doors
would
re-open
for
me
after
Yeh
Mera
India.
But
sadly
not
too
many
people
saw
it.
It
was
a
film
I
did
in
a
completely
contemporary
language.
There
is
a
belief
that
I
haven"t
kept
up
with
the
times,
that
I"m
a
spent
force.
That
I
may
have
made
Ankush,
Pratighaat
and
Tezaab
in
the
past.
But
that
was
then.
I
don"t
follow
today"s
language
of
the
cinema.
I
made
Yeh
Mera
India
in
a
very
contemporary
European
style.
The
cameraman
was
an
American."
Now
in
Fire
and
Ice
Chandra
claims
to
use
a
form
of
narration
never
used
before.
“It"s
non-linear
and
in
a
way
never
seen
before.
It"s
contemporary
and
I
need
a
particular
kind
of
personality
for
the
two
main
parts."
Getting
Sonam
should
be
less
difficult
for
Chandra
than
getting
Shahid.
After
all
Sonam"s
father
Anil
Kapoor
teamed
up
for
one
of
his
best
films
Tezaab
with
Chandra.
“But
that
was
in
past.
Things
have
changed.
This
is
a
new
generation,
a
new
era
in
filmmaking.
Everyone
has
their
own
favourites," says
Chandra,
hastily
adding.
“Anil
and
I
are
still
very
close
friends."